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« on: July 14, 2022 @160.09 »

Does anyone here have a home arcade?

I don't have much, and no fancy setup to show off, but I do have an AtGames Legends Ultimate arcade cabinet that I've added a few dozen ROMs to, the Arcade1Up Marvel pinball table, a STIGA table hockey game and one of those basketball shootout games.

I considered getting an Arcade1Up arcade cabinet and modding it to play more games instead of the Legends Ultimate because of the price difference and I like how they replicate the look of actual classic cabinets. But the Legends Ultimate can add your own ROMs out of the box with a USB stick and neither has great support for SNES games due to being one button short. Also, after trying an Arcade1Up demo unit in a store I realized how tiny they actually are. Their pinball tables are 3/4 scale, but still a decent size and come with about a dozen of the Zen pinball tables which I think are generally pretty great.
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2022 @364.46 »

Oh my goodness, now doesnt that sound fun?! A home arcade was a possibility Id considered quite frequently last year as I find arcade cabinets very fun (and nostalgic) to use, but felt that I would need to dedicate at least half of a room to that. In the grand scheme of things, if Im required to do so then the house would be too big for me! There comes a point in the linear scale of 'Too small' and 'Too big' where general maintenance becomes more of a chore than an end-of-the-week timekiller.

What kind of games do you have added to your arcade cabinet and how easy would you say it was to assemble and set up? I'm very interested in learning more about it!
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2022 @942.63 »

What kind of games do you have added to your arcade cabinet and how easy would you say it was to assemble and set up? I'm very interested in learning more about it!
I loaded all of the Sega Genesis (+CD), Game Gear, SNES and GBA games I've ever played, as well as a few arcade games. It doesn't handle anything with 3D graphics very well, though, so no Saturn/PS1-era games. SNES works well enough as long as the game doesn't use the Select button for anything critical, but even with a USB gamepad there's no way to map all of the buttons.

The physical setup of the cabinet was pretty easy, and loading your own games is done through the AddOn Tool on your PC to package the ISOs and ROMs on a USB stick. It's pretty user-friendly.
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